Filip Filipović

Dejan Savic's young team, without Filip Filipovic, Pijetlovic's brothers, Andrija Prlainovic, both Mitrovic, simply failed to repeat the game from a few days ago and to overcome a much more experienced opponent.

Serbian national water polo team on Sunday defeated Italy in the final game of the World League, to win the trophy for the fifth consecutive time.

The match, played in Ruza, Russia, ended 10-9 (1-4, 2-0, 5-2, 2-3).

BELGRADE - The prestigious US magazine Swimming World has named Serbia's Filip Filipovic male water polo player of the year for 2016.

Filipovic, captain of the Serbia national team, won the long-awaited Olympic gold and the Player of the Tournament Award in Rio de Janeiro, and was subsequently named Best Male Athlete of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia in December.

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BELGRADE - The prestigious US magazine Swimming World has named Serbia's Filip Filipovic male water polo player of the year for 2016.

The prestigious U.S. magazine Swimming World has named Serbia's Filip Filipovic male water polo player of the year for 2016.

Filipovic, captain of the Serbia national team, won the long-awaited Olympic gold and the Player of the Tournament Award in Rio de Janeiro, and was subsequently named Best Male Athlete of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia in December.

The Olympic Committee of Serbia has named male water polo player Filip Filipovic and female taekwondist Tijana Bogdanovic as best Serbian athletes for 2016.

With the national team, Filipovic won the European Championship, the World League and the long-awaited Olympic gold, as well as the Champions League with his club, Italy's Pro Recco.

BARCELONA – Serbia secured its spot in the 2016 FINA Men’s Water Polo World League Super Final in China, after defeating Spain 14-13 (4-3, 4-3, 1-4, 5-3) in the fifth and penultimate round of preliminaries in Barcelona late on Tuesday. Scorers for Serbia were Stefan Mitrovic with three goals and Filip Filipovic, Dusko Pijetlovic and

LUXEMBOURG - Filip Filipovic, a member of Serbia's water polo team, was declared Europe's best player in 2014, according to LEN, the European governing body for aquatic sports.

BELGRADE - Serbian water polo player Filip Filipovic was declared the world's best water polo player for the year of 2014, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) released.

Filipovic and the Serbian water polo team won the European Championship and the World League this year. This is the second time for Filipovic to win the award, as he won the same title back in 2011.

BUDAPEST - The Serbian men's national water polo team won the gold medal at the 31st European Championship by beating hosts Hungary 12-7 in Budapest late Sunday.

It is the third European gold medal for Serbia as an independent nation, which also triumphed in Belgrade in 2006 and in Eidnhoven in 2012.